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Small recreational fire found near 170th St sandbarBlack Hawk County IA

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Black Hawk County, IA

Responders investigated a report of a small recreational fire on a sandbar near 170th Street between Yale Avenue and Welch Avenue in Black Hawk County, Iowa. The fire had burned down to embers and did not pose a hazard. A person with a flashlight was seen in the area but there was no risk associated with the fire.

Audio|Source: Waterloo-Cedar Falls Public Safety
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Transcript:
00:00
Did we have an address of this or not?
00:03
No, this came from an iPhone detection.
00:06
It's on near 170th Street between Yale Avenue and Welch Avenue. That's all I have.
00:16
104. I'm at Yale. I never saw anything between Yale and Welch.
00:23
104.125.
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515 a row at 126
00:32
to Tech.2.
00:36
Go ahead, for Hank.com.
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I have drove back to Welch and never saw anything from Gail or Welsh.
00:48
10.4. I will just regal everyone.
00:55
With the deputy,
00:57
we do see a small recreational type fire out on the sandbar. It's just down to the embers.
01:04
We did just see a flashlight down in that area as well, so we believe it's probably occupied, but there's no risk of it being an issue and no way to get out to it. We're going to clear 10-8[1], be in service returning.
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[1]
10-8: In service / available for calls

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